State's largest juvenile prison closes

CHINO (AP) — California has closed its largest juvenile prison and will turn it into an adult lockup to save money and ease crowding.

CHINO (AP) — California has closed its largest juvenile prison and will turn it into an adult lockup to save money and ease crowding.

The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced Monday that it officially closed the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino, a 50-year-old San Bernardino facility east of Los Angeles.

Authorities say they don't need the space for 400 minors, who were transferred to other facilities. Changes in state law have cut the number of youths in state custody as more go to county centers.

Instead, the Chino lockup will be retrofitted with an electric fence and other safeguards to house 1,200 adults — for much less than the $500 million it would cost to build an adult priso

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